Characteristics and customs of autumnal equinox solar terms What are the characteristics of autumnal equinox solar terms?

The autumnal equinox means to divide day and night equally. At the autumnal equinox, cold air meets warm and humid air, and the temperature drops gradually. Most parts of our country have entered the cool season, as people often say, it's time for "an autumn rain and a cold".

1, autumn festival to the moon, 2, autumn equinox, autumn club starts, 3, eat autumn vegetables, 4, eat new things in autumn equinox.

The autumnal equinox is the official beginning of stepping on autumn. In Lingnan area, Xie's family in Cangzhen, Kaiping used to be four cities (now Heshan is five cities), and there is an unbroken custom called "eating autumn vegetables at the autumnal equinox". "Autumn vegetable" is a kind of wild amaranth, which villagers call "autumn Artemisia". On the autumnal equinox, the whole village went to pick autumn vegetables. When searching in the wild, it is often green and thin, about the length of a palm. Picked autumn vegetables are usually boiled with fish fillets at home, which is called "autumn soup". There is a jingle: "autumn soup is dirty, wash the liver and intestines." The whole family is safe and healthy. "Since autumn, people still pray for peace and health at home.